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Anonymous Posted on Apr 25, 2011

2002 Durango Turn Signal Problems. A week ago I noticed my left flasher started flashing rapidly when I put the left blinker on. Shortly after that every time I turned the left blinker on, the emergency flashers came on. Then next day, it went back to only blinking rapidly and the emergency flashers were operating normally again and not coming on when the left turn signal was turned on. I ordered a new Multi flasher from the Dealer for $116.00 and after changing it I have a new problem. The left flasher STILL flashes rapidly when turned on except now the left side marker lights front and back stays on even when the left turn signal is turned off. They are on constantly. When you turn the left flasher on, it flashes but still rapidly. Right turn signal has always worked properly. Also the part number of the original flasher is 56049114AB the part that Dodge ordered for me was 56049114AC and the part that was in the sealed bag from Dodge is 56049114AA. When I checked to see what the difference in the last letter designation was, it seems to be the same part just a series of years. Has anyone had this same problem? I cant understand why all the variables. Why the solid left front and rear lights are on now constantly when the ignition is turned on. When I put the old flasher back in, it all goes back to the original problem, a rapidly flashing left turn signal but the lights are NOT on on all the time like with the new flasher.

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.. Hi there.
This is a typical earth problem. Some of the lights use the same earth and when some of the earth points are not good, the power go through the other lights. That is why some lights go's faster, it's all about resistants. Check all the earth points in the light holders and under the dash and also between the battery, engine and body. Good luck.

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Whilst diagnosing the problem it would be best to put the old flasher unit back in . There might be two problems here : firstly the cause of a flasher circuit blinking rapid is usually a blown bulb ( or wrong bulb ) . Secondly the reason why another circuit would start to operate when operating the flasher circuit is usually caused by a bad earth somewhere so that an alternative earth is achieved through another circuit .

Perhaps you should check the LH indicator bulbs and then check and clean all your earths .

Tip : you can use a little jumper wire to by pass the original earths and keep tracing until the circuit functions normally .

I hope this helps

  • Anonymous Apr 26, 2011

    Thanks "Pit Crew" I will try this as soon as possible and will post a result. I have never changed the bulbs in the 7 years that I owned this Dodge. At first I thought it was the bulbs as well, but when flashing both front and rear are flashing at the same brightness as the right side. I will check anyway in case a bulb may now be faulty. It makes sense that the lights being on constantly would be the cause of it being grounded somewhere, but why only when I install the NEW flasher and yet it operates correctly with the OLD unit installed. If it were grounding out somewhere, wouldn't it be "on" when either flasher was plugged in? Anyway I will try and see what happens. Thanks again, I really appreciate the insight.

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